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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 29/09/2026

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is what 1:1 remakes should be by @easbygames.bsky.social "Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter managed to make me cry half a dozen times" Read on:

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Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is what 1:1 remakes should be

Are the new Trails in the Sky games the ideal remakes?

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 16/09/2026

Can a Skybox Editor Find Readers After Risking Their Life in a Dungeon? Volume 15: Baroque by @hokutolucas.bsky.social "In the distance looms a massive tower, a grotesque instrument of metallic musculature and organs. It looks like a machine begging the heavens for organic life." Read on:

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Can a Skybox Editor Find Readers After Risking Their Life in a Dungeon? Volume 15: Baroque

This month's DRPG column is about Baroque, a grimy, cryptic Mystery Dungeon-like that's a real treat for sickos.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 10/09/2026

If you want to hear how @brianbarnett.bsky.social conquered his fear of heights and enclosed spaces, or how KRIS BROKE HIS BACK Take a listen to this episode of The Skybox Podcast. We also talk about games. And anime. And a book. Enjoy!

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36 - I Definitely Would Not Know All About That (& Have More Details Coming Soon) | Skybox

TIMESTAMPS: How Brian Conquered His Claustrophobia & Fear Of Heights (& Kris Broke His Back) - 0:00 | Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls - 12:38 |

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 09/09/2026

It’s Never Too Late To Play… Portal by @joerichardswrites.bsky.social "Every room in Portal has a very clear objective, and from knowing the objective, it becomes possible to intuit the solution without any prodding at all." Read on:

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It’s Never Too Late To Play… Portal

What's it like to play Portal for the first time in 2026?

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 02/09/2026

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Will Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Here's my (and I guess Skybox's?) submission for @critdistance.bsky.social's #BoRT. I got sad last night and wrote about genre, what I think friendslop actually is (and what we're searching for within it), and how playing games with other people has defined a lot of my life.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/08/2026

Episode 34 of The Skybox Podcast is live! In it, Lucas, Will, & Kris talk about Final Fantasy X, Denshattack!, Truck-kun, Tokon, and more! Enjoy. open.spotify.com/episode/7cHW...

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34 - The Joy Of A Game That Exists In The Eternal Present

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 19/08/2026

Nobody puts Aerith in a refrigerator by @edgarallanbro.bsky.social “Fridging is a very specific thing, and it’s wrong to apply it whenever bad things happen to women in media because it robs us of its meaning when we need it” Read on:

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Nobody puts Aerith in a refrigerator

An argument that the "women in refrigerators" trope doesn't apply to Final Fantasy 7's Aerith Gainsborough, and why the distinction matters

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 19/08/2026

Can a Skybox Editor Find Readers After Risking Their Life in a Dungeon? Volume 14: Labyrinth.OS by @hokutolucas.bsky.social “Listen. Sometimes you have to venture outside of your Steam and console safe spaces if you want to try some Real Shit.” Read on:

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Can a Skybox Editor Find Readers After Risking Their Life in a Dungeon? Volume 14: Labyrinth.OS

Our latest DRPG column is about Labyrinth.OS, a strange, creepy dungeon-crawler about a doll-like being navigating an unearthly challenge.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 19/08/2026

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Nobody puts Aerith in a refrigerator

An argument that the "women in refrigerators" trope doesn't apply to Final Fantasy 7's Aerith Gainsborough, and why the distinction matters

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 19/08/2026

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Can a Skybox Editor Find Readers After Risking Their Life in a Dungeon? Volume 14: Labyrinth.OS

Our latest DRPG column is about Labyrinth.OS, a strange, creepy dungeon-crawler about a doll-like being navigating an unearthly challenge.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 12/08/2026

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 12/08/2026

It's Never Too Late to Play... Grandia 2 by @joerichardswrites.bsky.social "Just because I could tell you from the minute that “Zera Innocentius” was mentioned he was the main villain didn’t mean I had any less fun on the journey." Read on:

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It’s Never Too Late To Play… Grandia 2

Joe's latest "It's Never Too Late" column is about finally diving into Grandia 2 after years of old memories.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 05/08/2026

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 05/08/2026

Ryan Plays Pokémon: Ranking every evil plan in mainline Pokémon games based on how much they would annoy me by @easbygames.bsky.social "It’s always been rather funny to me how the villain teams in Pokémon games seem to have plans that wildly vary in actual scope." Read on:

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Ryan Plays Pokémon: Ranking every evil plan in mainline Pokémon games based on how much they would annoy me

Sure, the villains in Pokémon games are all "bad guys," but which ones would personally inconvenience me the most?

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Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

ICYMI – For Disability Pride Month, I reflected on the current state of accessibility and disability reporting in gaming. In summary, it's almost extinct. And unless the industry supports us, we risk losing this beat altogether. Read more here:

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Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Surprise! I'm the new columnist at Skybox - introducing my monthly FFXIV column, Eorzea Nights. I've done so much coverage of this game, and this is a way for me to keep doing community reporting, crit, and insight into MMOs. Excited, and for a first one I'm signing on as a Wuk Lamat defender.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 29/07/2026

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 29/07/2026

New column! Eorzean Nights: Final Fantasy XIV’s Wuk Lamat is a shockingly smart subversion of the Shonen hero by @solfleet.bsky.social "The Warrior of Light isn’t the hero of Dawntrail. This isn’t your story, but rather a story you play a role in – specifically the role of the mentor." Read on:

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Eorzean Nights: Final Fantasy XIV’s Wuk Lamat is a shockingly smart subversion of the Shonen hero

Skybox has a Final Fantasy XIV column now! To kick it off, Hayes Madsen looks back at Dawntrail's underappreciated protagonist, Wuk Lamat.

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Will Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Lots going on @skyboxcritics.com. We have a killer piece from @supercrip1994.bsky.social today, and we have a new columnist joining the regular crew tomorrow. That means one monthly column each week. Pretty stoked for y'all to see what we have cooking.

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Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

For seven years, I've had the privilege of reporting on accessibility and the disabled perspective. And now, during my seventh Disability Pride Month in this industry, I'm left wondering if this beat is coming to an end. Read my first @skyboxcritics.com piece here: skyboxcritics.com/2026/07/28/t...

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The vanishing art of disability reporting

As the games industry contracts, disability reporting is facing an extinction-level crisis.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/07/2026

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 28/07/2026

The vanishing art of disability reporting by @supercrip1994.bsky.social "For seven years, I’ve watched us receive nothing but likes and shares across varying social media platforms. And I’ve watched as this industry quickly moves on to the next thing that jingles its keys" Read on:

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The vanishing art of disability reporting

As the games industry contracts, disability reporting is facing an extinction-level crisis.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 23/07/2026

It's done. Our epic Xenogears Skydive is finished. Here's how to check out the whole thing if you're a Patreon subscriber: Pre-Flight Check: skyboxcritics.com/2026/05/01/s... Ep. 1: www.patreon.com/SkyboxCritic... Ep. 2: www.patreon.com/SkyboxCritic... Ep. 3: www.patreon.com/SkyboxCritic...

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Skydive Pre-Flight Check - Xenogears

Skydive continues with part one of a massive, three part Xenogears deep dive. Here's your starting point.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 22/07/2026

It’s Never Too Late To Play… Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater by @joerichardswrites.bsky.social "Hideo Kojima is talented, and driven by a vision, but he clearly wrote this game with his own pedigree in mind." Read on:

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It’s Never Too Late To Play… Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

Joe's journey to play through video game canon continues with Snake Eater. He didn't like it so much.

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 16/07/2026

Back-to-back podcast posting! We were a week behind, whoops! Anyway, episode 33 of the Skybox Podcast is on demand now! Check it out on our Patreon page or on other podcast services:

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33 - Yes, Yes, We All Know Of The Propeller-corn | Skybox

TIMESTAMPS: Guilty Gear Update & Robo-Ky - 0:00 | Marvel Rivals Season 9 Update - 13:30 | The Adventures Of Elliot: The Millennium Tales - 3

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 13/07/2026

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 13/07/2026

IT'S TIME! Part 2 of our exhaustive, 15-hour deep dive on Xenogears is live! Welcome back to Skydive 🧊 open.spotify.com/episode/7zkl...

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6 - Xenogears (Part 2)

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 13/07/2026

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 13/07/2026

Perfect Tides: Station to Station and art as frictionless by @beewertheimer.com "I’m left to wonder: are Mara’s systematic writing capabilities simplified for the sake of a cleaner game, or am I alone in my creative clumsiness?" Read on:

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Perfect Tides: Station to Station and art as frictionless

Perfect Tides: Station to Station is a game about a writer, that struggles to portray the friction of writing itself.

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Joe Richards -> bed @joerichardswrites.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Funnily enough - I have an entire column founded on this very idea! It's called 'It's Never Too Late To Play...' and you should totally subscribe to Skybox and read it!

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 08/07/2026

We are recording episode 7 of Beyond the Skybox! Join us as we talk about physical games and all the drama surrounding them in the present, the past, and certainly the future twitch.tv/skyboxcritics

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Will Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Wow, this post sure is doing numbers. If everyone who like it signed up for our Patreon/Ko-fi at $1 a month, Skybox would never have to worry about money again, and we'd be able to publish more good work more frequently! Be a $1 hero: www.patreon.com/skyboxcritics

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 07/07/2026

all of this could have been avoided if platner had just bought a WonderSwan

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Skybox @skyboxcritics.com · 07/07/2026

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